1 Cronache 28:18

18 Gli diede ancora dell’oro affinato a certo peso per l’Altar de’ profumi; e per la figura del carro, e de’ Cherubini, che aveano da spander le ale, e coprir l’Arca del patto del Signore disopra.

1 Cronache 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 28:18

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight
This was also one hundred pounds weight in gold, with which it was to be overlaid ^F23:

and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim;
which were two large ones, besides those which Moses made; and these were not made of gold, as they were, but overlaid with it, see ( 1 Kings 6:23-28 ) which with them made four; and to which the four living creatures in Ezekiel's vision allude, and make the "mercavah", or chariot, the Jews so much speak of, perhaps from this and other like phrases; and the Lord sitting here as in a chariot, not only denotes the glory and splendour of the Shechinah, or divine Majesty; but, as some observe, his readiness to ride off and depart, when displeased and provoked, see ( Ezekiel 10:18 Ezekiel 10:19 ) ,

that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the
Lord;
not that spread their wings over the ark, and covered it, that the Mosaic cherubim did; but these spread their wings before it from wall to wall, so that it could not be seen by any that turned aside the vail, and even by the high priest when he entered into the holy of holies: the ark, with the cherubim, which were on that, weighed two hundred pounds of pure gold, according to the Jacob Leon ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Ibid. (Relation of Memorable Things in the Tabernacle and Temple, ch. 4. p. 20.)
F24 Ibid.

1 Cronache 28:18 In-Context

16 e il peso dell’oro che conveniva per ciascuna delle tavole de’ pani, che doveano del continuo esser disposti per ordine; e il peso dell’argento che conveniva per le tavole d’argento;

17 e dell’oro puro, per le forcelle, e per li bacini, e per li nappi; e parimente dell’oro a certo peso, per le coppe d’oro, secondo il peso di ciascuna di esse; e dell’argento a certo peso per le coppe d’argento, secondo il peso di ciascuna di esse.

18 Gli diede ancora dell’oro affinato a certo peso per l’Altar de’ profumi; e per la figura del carro, e de’ Cherubini, che aveano da spander le ale, e coprir l’Arca del patto del Signore disopra.

19 Il Signore, disse Davide, mi ha dichiarato, per iscritto di sua mano, che mi è stato recato, tutte queste cose, tutti i lavori di questo modello.

20 Poi disse a Salomone, suo figliuolo: Prendi animo, e fortificati, e mettiti all’opera; non temere, e non isgomentarti; perciocchè il Signore Iddio, l’Iddio mio, sarà teco; egli non ti lascerà, e non ti abbandonerà finchè tu abbia compiuta tutta l’opera del servigio della Casa del Signore.